Chinese incense culture(香学)
Xiang Cheng, Volume 14: Miscellaneous Records of Incense Matters III
A volume-by-volume interpretation of Zhou Jiazhou's Xiang Cheng, Volume 14, "Miscellaneous Records of Incense Matters III."
Volume 14 · Miscellaneous Records of Incense Matters III
A supplementary record of various incense matters concerning monks and recluses, women's quarters, and frontier regions.
Its Place in Xiang Cheng
The twenty-eight volumes of Xiang Cheng are divided into six major sections: appraisal of incense materials (volumes 1–5), religious and court use of incense (volumes 6–7), allusions to incense matters (volumes 8–16), incense literature and poetry (volumes 17–20), incense formulas (volumes 21–25), and literati pure offerings and blended floral incense (volumes 26–28). This volume is one link in that chain, connecting the complete genealogy of incense culture(香学) from "documents—allusions—techniques."